Last week the Transition Year students had a visit from our Sky Sports Athlete Mentor Carla Rowe. Carla plays on the Dublin Senior Ladies Gaelic team. As part of this leadership project the Transition Years are organising a sports day for 2nd years. This will take place in the coming weeks. During the day Carla worked...Read More
As part of their Art and Design and Enterprise Modules, three transition Year students have launched a unique and innovative bracelet just in time for Christmas. The bracelets were created originally as a by-product of another craft project the students were involved in, but very quickly developed into a fully fledged business idea. The students took the...Read More
Fiontraí Óg na hIdirbhliana Mar cuid dá gcúrsa chruthaigh daltaí ón Idirbhliain cluichí ranga chun míonna na bliana a múineadh do dhaltaí scoile. D’oibrigh na daltaí i ngrupaí chun an cluiche is fearr a dhéanamh. Chaith siad trí seachtain chun an tionscnamh a chríochnaigh. In measc na rudaí a dhearna siad, bhí orthu...Read More
Ardgillan Class in Transition Year all wrote short fiction pieces for an anthology of writing as part of their English Transition Year ‘Short Story’ Module. During the module the students read work by Guy de Maupassant, Arthur Conan Doyle, James Joyce, Frank O’Connor, Yiyun Li, Claire Keegan and Zadie Smith. They were encouraged to see...Read More
TY students were shown how to use make-up artist facecharts and how to best apply face paint an special effects before being allowed to try it out on each other…half this week half next week so watch out for more pics.Read More
After consulting with students, teachers and parents, Balbriggan Community College have started a new Transition Year Programme. Transition Year in the school aims to bridge the gap between Junior Cycle and Leaving Certificate by both intellectually stimulating the students and helping them grow emotionally to meet the demands of the Leaving Certificate course. Transition Year...Read More
